For burn victims, there are many new opportunities for treatment and healing from burn hospitals and clinics around the world. One of the largest organizations that have been responsible for these options is the American Burn Association. As a multi-disciplinary, international organization comprised of the best health professionals, they have made the way for complete healing of burn patients. The burn team members of the burn association are highly educated to treat burns and provide the best rehabilitation services to the patients with varying degrees of skin damage. Also responsible for the innovative implement of injury prevention programs that will possibly help save lives; the American Burn Association has conducted research and testing for future discoveries.

In 1967, after several national burn seminars and training sessions for burn treatment that had been sponsored by the most reputable institutions, the American Burn Association was first founded. The burn association has implemented services that stimulate and support research, care, education, prevention and rehabilitation for burn related issues since its inception. There are ongoing trials and research for advancements in burn patient care and treatment options that are endorsed by the burn association, as well. The facts state that hospitalizations resulting from burn injuries include 25,000 in burn center hospitals out of the 45,000 severe hospitalizations overall in the United States. Also, statistics of 2009 show that there is an approximate 95% survival rate within the burn center admissions. An indication that the burn association has made immense improvements with the innovations in technology within the specialized burn treatment centers.

Other interesting facts on burn center admissions prove that most accidental burns occur at home in the percentage of about 66. This is where the American Burn Association training and prevention programs have been implemented to educate the homeowners in order to lower the amount of home incidences. Occupational and work related burn accidents come in second with a percentage of 10, the highway and street percentage is 8 and an additional 16% are from unaccounted locations.

The reasons for admission causes are various, but almost half are the result from fires or flames. Approximately 42% of the burn center and hospital admissions are from some sort of flame or fire. Scalding burns are closely behind with around 31% of the admission causes, which more than likely have occurred inside the home. Contact burns account for 9%, electrical burns are 4% of the admissions and about 3% are from chemical burns. The amount of undisclosed causes makes up about 11% of the overall burn center admissions. There are multiple reasons for admissions into the burn hospital and the necessity for treatment for burns is vital. Not all of the burns will require the same treatments and the American Burn Association is ensuring the best training and burn care options for healing. Another excellent quality of the burn association health professionals is the extensive training that they have received in addressing the emotional issues that some burn patients may experience. Some of the individuals that have been involved in an accidental burning incident will feel some psychological effects as they are physically healing.